Bondi’s Best Bargains

The first thing that hits you when you walk into this classic Op Shop (that’s Opportunity Shop — Thrift Store for those of you who speak Australian as a second language) is the pleasantly musty, mothball-​y, old lady smell. The next thing is that these ladies couldn’t be more adorably cliched if they tried– they will be complaining about their sore backs, clucking over some booties that have just come in, and generally being lovely elderly women who dedicate a day or two a week to volunteering in the Op Shop.
This used to be the sort of pokey Op Shop you’d have to dig through piles of clothes and move things around to see what treasures might be hiding. They were recently closed for a few weeks while they underwent renovations and now it’s the sort of pokey Op Shop you have to dig through piles of clothes and move things around to see what treasures might be hiding, but with a different table in the middle.